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COUNCIL'S MESSAGE*
Saturday, March 4, haa bean de'ignaiwl a*
Sporta Day in order that atudenu, ex-atadenta, and
othar friend* of the Collafe miffbt ha at aa oj.por-
tanlty ta aaa the variou* athlatk’aquadi.ia co»-
Prtltion with each othar.
Spanking on behalf of the coache* and member*
of the different athletic team*, the Athletic Council
wnnta thin also to be the occasion when the apirit
of cooperative devotion oa the part of every one
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH *, 19S8
the student forum Sophomofe Class Heads Plan To
Invite T.S.C.W. Sophomores to Ball
TO THE BATTALION:
A ahrinficaut number of the profraasive mam-
ban of the faculty and •todent body have repeatedly
expreeaad the opinion that revision of the quia
system at A. A M. to provide far the exemption
from final examination of student* of high scholastic
PREVIEWS and REV1EW8
■t RAY TR RAD WELL era circuit, I* t© be jfroa«ted at the
•The Girt Downstaln," a Matro- P* 1 ** on
The committaee are aa follows: Goldw>-n-Mayer picture produced ? fo r Wai*con-
, t ^ , v w * entertainment Committee. Lewis by Harry Rapa, directed bv Nor- Jttterbug" contest for .local eon
^ M. C. j chsirmaa, Joe Germany, man Taurog and baaed on a abort t ** taBt *
standing it a pos*ible reform mcriUng the serious A representatfrm con- ^ T g, C. W-lti- -tory by Sartor Hunyady. Show- Preaa reporta ai l comm«U by
consideration of adminlatrative official*. It has ^ ^ on * troa viution Committw*. Aubn y Ham- int Saturday aftemooa at the Aa- other pewspa^rs show that thi*
The officers and repraaawtatlves the next
of the sophomore elasa held a meet-
consideration
been suggested that students be granted exemption
on the
will be dedicated to restoring bucceeaful athletics at fjnjj examination in all courses in which their fo ^*
Aggieland. In this spirit I summon every student
and every ex-student to Join ua in this undertaking.
No one can watch the clashes of the football squads
-. without realizing that this spirit is already flaming
high in their hearts and actions of < oachts and
players.
' There has been a broad and interesting program
of athletic events arranged. I trust that a large
gathering of students and ex-students will be present
on Kyle Field throughout the day. This would be
< an ideal time and occasion for student* to give ap
week-end trips in order that they might play their
part in this movement that will mean so much for
the general welfare of this College and all who are
. interested In it.
E. J. KYLE.
Chairman Athletic Council
who art aa agents iiu>n. Data Bureau ( ommittaa, J. terribly Hall.
P. (Pat) Ledbetter, chairman, and The cast:
scholastic record places them in the highest »* of
the section enrollment. Another suggested plan
provides for the exemption of all students who have
at the end of the semester an average grade of 85%.
The inutitution of such a system at A. & M.
would undoubtedly be both logical and desirable.
The aim of all methods of education employed in
modem colleges ia td impart to the student In fullest
possible measure a clear and lasting knowledge
of the subject studied. In the case of the superior
The main discussion of the even- Earle A. Shields. Decorations, Katrims Una
lag was on the forthcomiag soph- Proton Bolton, chairman, Jo 1. Pbul Wagner
omore ball which la to be WM Pri- Spillar, IhsHdL jOavttt, and Si Hr. ». »
day, Hht- h II. There is also a poe- Whitney. Reception Commlttea, Joe WUlie
slbiUty of a tea dance for the Floyd, chairman, and Alfred He- Rosalind Brown
•Opks Saturday afternoon. April brsckt Finance*. UYilie IY-a. -
-~a
4- 1
revue w one of the bert sfvwr pre
sented by the Southwest circuit, ^
Franeiska Gael which handUa jpiost of the stage
. Franchot Tone acta in this state. T*e show inclod-
WaHar Coanolly ea acU by The Bopthwest Cham-
Reginald Gardiner plon Jitterbugs"; song stylist,
. Rite Johnson Barbara Kay; Buddy Stubbs, the
Reginald Owen guitar wizard; Dorothy Murry,
L That wtl be derided later, how- Pavers, J. J. Riley, dwirman, ami The picture offers little as far d,incln * <»»*dt«a of the Fort !
otter. The Aggieland Swiag Band Ed Ivey. Aocomodations, Bill M acting goes but ha* at least the Worth C** 1 R«mna; dancing atyl- <
will play for the ball. Deckar, chairmgte, Maitihall BiA*interaction of p story and plot that R® BBldteti
Plana are bring made to Invite ri, and W. M. Rutherford PuWj- ia unusual and- attractive oven 8°** who fe*bira some unusual
student, the contribution of final examination* tow- Tscw sophomores down for dty, Earle A. Sbiolds, A. J. Robin- though H ia built around the eter- arrangements in
MISLEADING
,In its Tuesday edition. The Battalion carried aa
editorial explaining the history of Dead Week this
year in which a poorly-expressed idea may cause
pome concern.
The paragraph in question is as follows: The
Battalion herewith offers the warning it made the
first term: Unless Dead Week ia acted upon one
way or another in the near future, ins tractors will
be handicapped in the closing weeks of the term."
The true meaning of that paragraph is that
unless instructors are informed of ehangos in the
college calendar a considerable time before those
date* are reached, their course organnstion may
suffer. # ‘ 1 I 4 1
and the ultimate attainment of that goal is negli
gible. The final examination does little more than
verify the superior quality of work done by the good
student during the semester. Rarely does this
check-up lower his grade. Nor does it result in any
important educational benefit to him. The student
who has proved hit superior ability, initiative, and
industry by the establishment of a high scholastic
•tending in his section needs no final examination
either to prove further the authenticity and ac
curacy of his record or to afford him a more clear
and thorough understanding of the coarse. Such a
student la possessed of intelligence and habits of in
dustry that will not allow him to be guilty of the
folly that lies in failing properly to evaluate and
summarise the subject matter inriaded in his courv
ea.
The argument has been advanced that final
the dance. There will be a date aosi, and Billy ClarV*on. The Sat- nal triangle <f one nian and two who ^ f»nilah;
bureau for all sophomores who grday Social committee will be ap- gtrk. It is a romantic comedy their own • ol ®
would like a date with a T. 8. C. W. pointed at the next meeting
girl and don't know one.
Several committees were named. Seventy U. A colleges and uni
and a few men were placed on vanities have provided arholar
them. More wfll be appointed at ships for refugee wtudenu
COLLEGIATE REVIEW
mask and
both far
.» .. _ --_ T __ Tir , in ___ and foe
starring Rita Johnson as the ao- ' otAer * rt * °* ^ n ' vu '“
clety heiress who ia Jilted in favor * ' ’ ’ ! _
of Franeiska Gael who is working The earth is 13,900,000.000 yean
aa a maid in the home of Rita’s old, according to Dr. Alois F. Ko-
f«thet. Franchot Tone is the map varik, Yale Univenfty physicist
in the case.
Norman Taurog, director of the
picture pnd the man who directed
Boys’ Town” ia the person who
What’s Showing
the University of Missouri an in- Two points foe
genlous. To protest recant assign- boy friend at home
DISEASE MILESTONE
America is slowly becoming eonacioas'of the
■erioosnesa of syphilis and the toll of lives that It
takes every year. For years the medl^ pM.f.-ou.ci
haa waged a fight on this dreaded infection. Now
the governments of the states are taking up and
enacting laris fo» the curtailment of venereal
diaaaaas.
One of the moat progressive measures taken to
date kas been the adoption of laws by which couplet
are compelled to take physical examinations before
entering the state «f matrimony. Some of the stetep'
have erred in forcing only males to take the test,
but otheni compel males and female* to take the
examination. All will aeon adopt measures of this
type.
- Why must this disease be stamped out? Each
year at least sixty thousand Ameritek ibaWs jte«
bora to die or to live handicapped because of con
genial syphilis; another twenty-five thousand are
bora dead. One million potential mothers in Mm
United States have or have had syphilis. Over one
hundred thousand deaths are caumsi each year by
syphilis. <
These fact* ate staggering, but when a disease
takes more lives than the hifhwsy toll, it must be
•topped. 1 j [; \
Youth favors sex education and youth has taken
up the fight against venereal diseases to a greater
■ extent than any other group of people.
The spread can not be laid at the door of im
morality a* it may be contracted by kissing, drink
ing from a glass or other such everyday occurrence*.
Regardless of the means of engutfmg ’ithousand*
every year, the public must realiaa tii|borrihleness
of the situation and do its part in stateping out such
syphilia. >'
When this is done. America will have passed
another milestone.
-BAYLOR LARIAT
Rupert Koeaiger, Ohio State University so
ciology instructor, has a swell sense of humor, and
here’s the proof; ij
He opened 1 recent class hour with tils an
nouncement: "Because of a red-h.-i..:, u girl who ia
visiting me right now, there will be no test today."
“How much doss she weigh?" a student a*ked,
and Koeniger nervously wrote on the blackboard.
"4% plus 2 ounces.^
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L E Thompson Junior Editor
, Bob Nisbet, A, J. Robinson, J. 8. O’Connor,
D. G. Burk, J. A. StenseU, Foster Wi»c, M. L. How
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FRIDAY STAFF l|
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Flank Phelan, H. G. Tribot. E A.
0. A. Lopez, J. P- MeGarr, Jack Henderson.
Clarkson, L A. Nowman, Jr, Max Perkin*
Fischer, James Eppler. D. K. Hill. W.i*. SuUivan.
M. L. Howard, Max McCfcllar, Tommy Mcroni.
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If they are nothing alae, the 16 where. Their subject* are given can he given chief credit for the Friday at the Ateetnbly Hall-
pledges of Alpha Tau Omags at points for the following picture, because it was chiefly “I’d Give a’Million", sterriag War-
a letter from the t taugh his work that the dtory ner Baxter.]
was presented in so interesting Friday and Saturday at the Pal-
, , . Mu . ^ . .. , , a fashion that it goes a long way ace—“Let Freedom Ring” star-
m«t of duttaa ooUkk Flw .OII.U » ml. phoa. cMl. w ^ ^ , |o . rinf E<U,. yirjtol, Brw
their fraternity house, they march- Sterna point* for a long-distance *pot* of the film. Aa in this pic- Victor McLagien, and Edward Ar-
examinatkms serve as an excellent whip to be popped *d down to the dty Jail, asked (and P* K>n- M ■ tars, very often H is the case that nold.
over the heads of college students for'the purpose received) lodging for the night Eight points for a week-end date, a producer or director* can be the Saturday. 12:80, at the Assem-
of compelling them to study. This potet merely The jailer claimed be meant no Ten points for a major dance bid. difference between a picture Wing bly Hall—The Girt Downstairs"
serves to strengthen the argument of the advocate slur oa their valor when he quarter- Thirty-five points for the first a hit or a total faSura. with Franeiska G*al, Franchot
of limited exemption. Thai* ia no reason for sub- ed them in the little used woman’s fraternity dance bid If on* is out for entertainment Tone, and Rite Johnson,
jecting to such coercion the student who baa proved section of the “cooler." Thirty-fhr* points for the first this film offers plenty of it but 6:304:80 at the A*»« mb!y Hall—
.■ . . fraternity pin ac%uir>4> un’t by any means expect any-' “Going Places" with Dick Powell,.
University of Illinois malas, a Under this system, you are real- thing in the way of brilliant acting Anita Ixiuiai, and Allen Jenkins,
bit oat-of-sort* over the many ays- ly a queen if you cadi score 50 <• unusual dramatic scenes. Saturday night ptevue, Sunday
terns used to pick campus beauty points hi a week. Chief problem is — . and Monday—“Yeu* My Darling
queens, have devised a rating form to get the co-eds to give accurate “The Jitterbug Revue," a five- Daughter" starring Priscilla Lane
they believe boats any used alae- report* on phone calls, letter*, etc. act stage revue on the Southwest- and Jeffry Lynn.
himself to be scholastically superior. For the serious
student, earnestly interested in obtaining the fullest
possible benefit from his college work, such figura
tive “whip-popping" is entirely unnecessary. More
than that it ia unjust. No student who has demon
strated his intelligence need be forced to take full
advantage of the opportunities offered him. He
requires no inducement. •*
A student who I* included in exemption aa one
of these ranking scholastically * in the upper 20%
of the section enrollment, or as a student who has
maiatained an average of 86, ia being granted no
more than the reward and recognition which he
Justly deserves. Exemption is seen ia this light as
a reward for effort. Such reward would un
doubtedly famish a definite incentive to study,
inspiring greater interest and industry in the
average student as well as the superior student
The educational benefits derived from this general
increase of effort would certainly be more valuable
then those derived from the necessarily hurried
and concentrated study previous to final examlna-
T.
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DAVID THRIFT
BILL MURRAY
ROBERT E. BAIRD
W. H. (BUI) OSWALT
ED HAGAN
R. M. ADAMS
A. P. ROLUNS JR.
D. B. VARNER
W. E. JAUER
LEONARD E. GARRETT
On National Affairs
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BY R. P. LUDLUM
Benito Mussolini (Continued)
After the first World War Mussolini continued
to be a socialist, although not a member of the
party, and for a while he retained some of hit prin
ciples. For example, he naked for an 86% tax on
war profit*. At the same time he began to organise
the Faaci di Combettimento, consisting mostly of
war veterans, and*in the end he turned this organi
zation into an instrument for suppressing the work
ing class. Thi* is another example of Mussolini's
faithlessness to principle. His chief motive ia love
of power, and he wiH do anything to gala power.
I said in connection with Hitler, and I implied
in connection with Franco, and I aay again in the
case of Mussolini—for it cannot be said too often—
that dictators do not come to power unless their
countries art confused and unless the people are
dissatisfied with the way things are going and are
looking for some alternative to an insupportable
condition. If the condition be insupportable enough,
the merits of the alternative need not be great
Italy was in such a condition after the war.
Wages were intolerably low and living conditions
were .lrlx arable. In consequence, labor troubles
shook the country as the workingmen tried to get
living wage* Mussolini took advantage of this.
Mis followers spent part of their time producing
violence, and the nest violently suppressing the out
break* they had themselves produced. At the end
of each cycle they could claim that they have saved
Italy from Bolshevism. This was not true, but
enough ignorant Italians wore found to enable
Mussolini to make it a leading issue. Mussolini had
to have an enemy in order to gain power, and he
(a former socialist!) used the working class as the
requisite enemy. When he waa sure the army would
stand aside end that he would he named prbne minis
ter* he wont u> Rome and becaas* head of the gov
ernment. That was to October, 1822, and ho haa been
dictator ever since.
, Personally, Mussolini is short (Are feet six)
and nigged. He is widely and deeply read, arid keep*
careful notes of what ha reads. Ha writes well and
talks well. He is abstemious, neither ameking nor
drinking, and eating little. Formerly fond ef women,
he cares little for them now. He has limitless
energy and great magnetism. He exercise* often and
enthnslateiaaBy. He haa thousands of aeqoaintences,
but, since the death of his brother, no intimate
friends. He cannot stand criticism from anyone but
his daughter Edda, wife of Count Galoaaao dnrio.
As an, axecutive he ia super-efficient, and he learns
6aeu readily from adviser*, although he does not
accept their counsel. He himself admits tW his own
career would have been impossible if be bad culti
vated the fascist virtues be prescribes for others,
namely, discipline, loyalty, and obedience.
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